Only Three Decades Too Many: Salon Announces That It Is Ceasing Publication After 31 Years
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Thu, 5 November 2026
3 reports- twitchy.com18:30first to report
Salon ceases publication after 31 years amid declining influence and changing media landscape.
- The Guardian World21:27
Website known for politics, arts and culture coverage announces closure just weeks before anniversary Salon, one of the early internet’s pioneering publications, is closing after more than three decades, the outlet announced on Thursday. “It’s difficult to find the right words for the end of something that has meant so much to so many people. Salon was never just a website,” Salon said in a statement . “It was an idea about what journalism could be, born at a moment when the internet was still...
- toronto.citynews.ca21:59
WASHINGTON (AP) — Salon, one of the early internet's most influential websites that featured sharp voices and political and cultural journalism with a liberal sensibility, announced Thursday it would shut down after 31 years of publication. “It has been an extraordinary privilege,” the outlet said in a farewell note.
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- lethbridgeherald.com5 Nov, 21:59their copy
Fri, 6 November 2026
1 report- PBS NewsHour18:46
Salon said there were no immediate plans to take down its online archives, which include three decades of stories from across the world and across topics and genres.
Sat, 7 November 2026
1 report- dailycaller.com18:57
The liberal news and commentary outlet Salon announced its shuttering Thursday, only weeks before its anniversary.